Weather-strip.



No. 672,929. Patented Apr; 30, IBM. 1

v N. s. womav & J. R. LOWDERMILK.

WEATHER TRIP.

Marti 77 52 UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NORTH S. WORLEY AND JOE R. LOWDERMILK, OF SULLIVAN, INDIANA.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 672,929, dated April30, 1901.

Application filed January 28. 1901. Serial No. 45,032. (No model.)

To all whom it 777/Cl/y concern.-

Be it known that we,NORTH S. WORLEYand JOE R. LOWDERMILK, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Sullivan, in the county of Sullivan andState of Indiana, have invented a new and useful YVeatber-Strip, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in weather-strips; and theobject'is to provide a very simple and effective construction ofweather-strip for use in connection with the bottom edge of a door tosnugly contact with the sill when the dooris closed and preventtheingress of air and insects and to automatically raise, so as to clearthe carpet or any obstruction when the door is swung open.

With the above object in view the invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction hereinafter fully described, particularlypointed out in the claims, and clearly illustrated by the accompanyingdrawings, in Which- Figure l is a perspective view of the lower portionof a door-frame and door looking at the same from the inner side, thedoor being provided with our improved weather-strip and illustrated in aslightly-open position; Fig. 2, a similar view with the door' closed;

- Fig. 3, a vertical transverse sectional view of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 anend elevation of the lower portion of the door provided Withthe strip.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A designates a stripwhich is secured to the inner face of the door, adjacent to the loweredge thereof, and formed in its inner face and at its lower edge with'alongitudinally-extending recess to receive the bar B. The upper edge ofa flexible strip O'is positioned between the strip A and bar B andsecured therebetween by screws or other securing devices D, which passtherethrough and serve to secure said strip A and bar B together andalso to the door. The flexible strip 0 projects quite a considerabledistance below strip A and is doubled, as illustrated. Said strip 0 issecured at a point below and adjacent to strip A between two strips Eand F, the doubled portion projecting below the lower edges of saidstrips to form a flexible portion which contacts with the door-sill andprevents the ingress of air or insects. This flexible strip also hingesstrips E and F to strip A, so that the weatherstrip is formed of twosections, one of which is secured to the door and the other hingedthereto by a strip of flexible material, which projects below the loweredge of the latter.

Gdesignates a horizontally-disposed spring having one of its endssecured to one of the fastening-screws D of the fixed section and at itsopposite end to the movable section and holds the latter normallyraised. The meeting edges of the upper and lower sections are beveled,so as to permit the lower section to move upwardly far enough to clearthe carpet or other obstruction when the door is opened. Secured to thedoor-frame, upon the inner face thereof, i a plate H, having its endbent at an angle to form a stop I. This plate is so positioned withreference to the swinging section of the Weather-strip that when thedoor is closed said section by contact therewith is forced downwardly,bringing the projecting portion of the flexible strip in contact withthe door-sill. Said swinging section is provided with a wear-plate orstud J to contact with the stop.

From the above description it will be seen that we have provided anexceedingly simple construction of weather-strip, which may bemanufactured and sold at a very small price and which may be readilyapplied to the door and isnot likely to get out of order, owing to itssimplicity. Having thus fully described ourinvention,

what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

A weather-stripfor doors, comprising a section adapted to be secured tothe door and having its inner face recessed, a bar positioned in saidrecess, a flexible strip positioned between said bar and said strip,securing devices passing through said strip and bar for securing thesame together and to the door, a movable section "comprising two stripspositioned on the respective sides of the flexible strip below thefixedstrip, said flexible strip projecting below the lower edge of thedownwardly when the door is closed, snbmovable section and doubled, anda spring stantially as described.

secured at its respective ends to the movable N. S. WORLEY.

section and the fixed strip, in combination JOE R. LOWDERMILK. 5 with astop adapted to be secured to the in- I \Vitnesses:

ner side of the door-frame in position to en- CHAS. E. PLEU,

gage the swinging section and move the same FRATE O. LISTON.

